China accuses US of 'large-scale' cyberspying

China is accusing the US of massive cyberspying a week after the US charged several Chinese military officials with snooping on US companies.

In a new report called "America's Global Surveillance Record," the China Academy of Cyber Space accused US cybersurveillance of targeting "the Chinese government and Chinese leaders, Chinese companies, scientific research institutes, ordinary netizens, and a large number of cell phone users," Reuters reported on Tuesday.

More specific targets of US cyberspying have included Huawei Technologies, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Tencent Holdings' instant messaging service, according to the report. As one example alleged by the report, the US installed optical fiber bugs in the walls of the Chinese embassy in Australia when the office was built in 1990, Chinese news site China.org.cn said.

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"America's spying operations have gone far beyond the legal rationale of 'anti-terrorism' and have exposed the ugly face of its pursuit of self-interest in complete disregard for moral integrity," the report said, according to Reuters.